Appropriation

Appropriation is the act of taking possession of or assigning purpose to properties or ideas. The word appropriation was first used by a Russian theorist named Bakhtin to describe a holistic language theory. The Russian word for appropriation is prisvoenie, which directly translated means ‘to make something one’s own’.^[1] Appropriation is important in many topics, including:

• Appropriation (sociology) in relation to the spread of knowledge
• Appropriation (art)
  • Appropriation (music) in reference to the re-use and proliferation of different types of music
• Appropriation (economics) origination of human ownership of previously unowned natural resources such as land
• Appropriation (law) as a component of government spending
• Appropriation (education)
• Cultural appropriation is the borrowing, or theft, of an element of cultural expression of one group by another.
• The tort of appropriation is one form of invasion of privacy
• Appropriation (By Any Other Name)

References

Wertsch, J. (1997). Narrative tools of history and identity. Culture and Psychology, 3(1), 5-20

See also

• Appropriation Act
• Appropriation bill